Consumer prices up 0.3 percent in April
May 17, 2001
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3 percent in April, following an increase of 0.1 percent in March.
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The energy index, which had declined in each of the two preceding months, increased 1.8 percent in April. The index for petroleum-based energy increased 4.2 percent, more than offsetting a 0.4-percent decline in the index for energy services.
The food index increased 0.1 percent in April, following a 0.2-percent rise in March. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in April, the same as in March.
For the 12-month period ended in April, the CPI-U increased 3.3 percent.
These data are a product of the BLS Consumer Price Index program. Find out more in Consumer Price Indexes, April 2001, news release USDL 01-142.
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